Collar-clip



M. PARKER,

COLLAR 0UP.

APPLICATION FILED mnzz. 1919.

Patented Dec. 16, 1919.

MERC -ON PARKER, OE GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Pat'e'nted'Dec, 16, 1919.

Application filed January 22,1 1919. Serial No. 272,436.

To all whom it may concern: 7 i. 7

Be it known that I, MEnToN PARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glendale, in the county of Los Angeles and State of Califomia, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Collar-Clips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a collar clip or holder and has particular reference to-a device of this character adapted tobe passed through the vertical or horizontal back button holes of the shirt band and collar; and theobjects of my improvement are to provide u clip or device of the abog'eanentioned character, which will lieperfectly list and may be used in connection with shirts and collars having vertical-andhorizoutal back button holes of ditferent sizes, will at all times prevent the collar frombecoining accidentally unfastoned, or the-clip from becoming accidentallv unfastened from the shirt band after the collar is removed;

I attain these objectsby the combination of parts and their arrangement illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which-- Figure 1 is a back view of the shirt band, provided with a horizontal button hole, showing thc clip arranged therein; Fig. 2, 1s a view of collar, with part of lap cutaway, showing a collar having a horizontal button hole attached to the shirt band with the clip; Fig. 3, is a view of a shirt band provided with a vertical button hole, showing the clip arranged; also the clip would appear in place in the. vertical back hole of a collar; Fig. 4, is a plan view showing the outward and vertical inclination of the shank 9 and the curvature of the entire clip; and, Fig. 5, is a perspective view of same.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, wherein is illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 1 designates a portion of a shirt provided with the usual band 2. This shirt band has its outer fold 3 at the back portion of said shirt provided with a horizontally arranged button hole l, or vertically arranged buttonhole 5, as shown; numeral 6, shows the collar back, or lap, cut away, showing the clip in the horizontal button hole 7 of collar, while 5 shows distended vertical button hole with clip in place as it would appear in both shirt band and collar band provided with a vertically arranged button hole.

ill-y clip or holder comprises a horizontally arranged body portion or elongated plate 8, which is curved; longitudinally in a horizontalplane, to conform generally to the curvature of the shirt band and collar, whereby the same will lie perfectly fiat with in the shirt band. Depending from the body portion 8, and equidistantly spaced from the ends thereof, is an l.-shaped portion com prising a relatively shortshank 9, which is vertically inclined or disposed at anangle withrelation to the horizontal body portion, asshown w c r Fo nedupon the free or lower end of this shank; 9 is-a horizontal -head 10,- form-v ing the horizontal arm of the L-shaped portion which extends laterally beyond the shank; 9 in one direction only, in the plane of l e shank 9 and in-a plane substantially PLP- lei to the end portion of the horizontal body so tion of -the ;elongated, plate 8. jBelae velya shortspacefrom shank 9 depends from elongated plateS, a guard 11, and a relatively short space farther, with one side flushwith;oneend of the. plate 8, extends guard-l2; g lhese guards 11 andlQ are preferably of a length extending to the bottom etiea m rllead l These guards in combination with other parts of the clip are considered the most important features of the invention, as it is obvious that if the shank is made sufficiently sma l to permit its use in a vertical button hole, it can not hold a collar to the shirt band where both band and collar are provided with horizontal button holes. By employing the guard 11 in conjunction with the shank 9, the one side of the horizontal button hole in the shirt band is filled, thereby holding the shank 9 in the center of shirt band and collar. This combination and arrangement permits of the making of the head 10 relatively narrow and short; at the same time when the clip is used in a horizontally arranged button hole in the back of the collar the guard pinches against the collar, thereby holding said collar more firmly. The function of the guard 12, is keeping, or holding, the button erect within the walls of the shirt band and to prevent the button from turning within these walls and falling out.

As is shown by the drawings, all parts of the clip are preferably formed integral, the same being preferably stamped from a piece of suitably thin and stiff sheet metal, or like,

and curved longitudinally in a horizontal plane to conform generally to the curvature of the shirt band and collar.

In the use of the clip, the horizontal head 10 is passed through the vertical button hole 5, or through the horizontal button-hole 7 are passed both the horizontal head 10 and the guard 11, to be disposed outwardly of the shirt band shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The collar is then manipulated so that the horizontal head is passed through a vertical button hole in the collar, or horizontal button hole 7 of collar, as shown in Fig, 2.

lVith the foregoing shown and described combination and arrangement embodied in a clip, means are provided for its use in connection with any collar now on the market.

It is understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that certain changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

I am aware that prior to my invention collar clips or holders have been made having a shank depending from the body equidistantly from the ends of such body, and that said shanks were inclined out-- wardly from the body portion, and were proydded with a longitudinal head and that all parts of the clip were curved longitudinally in a horizontal plane. I therefore do not claim such a combination broadly; but

I claim:

1. The combination in a substantially flat integral sheet metal collar button, co1nprising an upper body-plate curved slightly to conform to the curvature of a collar when arranged substantially horizontally; a depending shank integral with the lower edge of the body plate at a point substantially equidistantly spaced from the opposite ends thereof and vertically inclined outwardly and downwardly with respect to the body plate; and a relatively long head integral with the lower outer end of the depending shank said head being spaced vertically a substantial distance from the body plateand curved slightly lon itudinally to be substantially concentric with the curved body plate and conform to the'curvature of the collar, said head extcndingin one direction laterally beyond the shank and longitudinally of the body plate; a depending guard integral with the lower ed e of the body plate, said guard being spaced a substantial distance from the shank, and extending a substantial distance from the body plate, and a depending guard integral with the lower edge oi" the body plate, said guard spaced a substantial distance from the other guard and the outer edge of guard terminating with the contiguous end edge of the upper body; the guard to extend a substantial distance from the body plate.

2. In combination with a flat integral sheet metal, or like still material, collar clip comprising an upper body plate, adepending shank and logitudinal head, guards ll and 12 substantially as shown and described.

MERTON PARKER. 

